Instead of tanks, the latest generation ones had to play with electric cars inside the Teulada war polygon. The ship loaded with SUVs, paddocks and batteries, the St. Helena, had been at anchor in the port of Cagliari for weeks waiting to unload the great latest generation motor racing circus. Instead, nothing. Behind the front. Immediate, without discussion.

From tomorrow "war"

From tomorrow we will shoot as much as possible on the coast of Teulada and on that of the Salto di Quirra. Half Sardinia, the whole south-eastern coast of the island, will be under the attack of incessant fire exercises for a whole month. The blockade will be, as we can well understand, not only at sea, but also at land and air level. The whole area will be off limits. The Supreme Command of the Italian armed forces, after having given the authorization to transform a simulated theater of war, according to the Cagliari Public Prosecutor's Office full of pollution, into a playground for electric SUV enthusiasts, hastily revoked it.

No to the "roar" of the engines

Without a declared reason, or perhaps for fear of being mocked by the whole world, given that, while war is being practiced everywhere, in Sardinia the electric motors of the Extreme formula should have "roared" inside a military base, moreover, under the responsibility of NATO itself. It is the strangeness of a state that on the one hand would like to dramatically increase military spending and on the other hand transform a polygon dedicated to consuming bombs and missiles, tanks and howitzers, into a happening for special guests in the mood for umbrellas and drinks in between. to the war tracks. All canceled. The world calendars of the extreme formula, the electric one, issued the announcement: the "Extreme E" competition scheduled in Sardinia, in the Capo Teulada military range, for 6 and 7 May is postponed due to the worsening of the war in Ukraine. Therefore, according to the organizers of this Sardinian stage, the umpteenth one after the one last year inside the NATO training base in Sardinia, has been canceled to allow new exercises. In place of electric SUVs, tanks have landed in Sardinia for days.

Armed port

The Port of Sant'Antioco, we report an image of these days, has become a storage area for the latest generation of tanks, all destined for the bombing of the coast of Teulada, right where the performance of the "electric" pilots was planned . To confirm what was really happening inside the polygon, we had to wait for the action plan issued, in total silence in the last few hours, directly from the Port Authorities.

Simultaneous signatures

The signing of the two ordinances is simultaneous: 13.22 minutes and 24 seconds. It is signed by Mario Valente, the commander-in-chief who signs it with a delegation from the Ministry of Defense. The first provision is number 69 of 29 April, just before the public offices of the Harbor Master's Office in Piazza Deffenu in Cagliari close. The order is given by "Marina Nord La Spezia" which makes a request for an evacuation order at sea for military exercises.

Capo Teulada off limits

For safety reasons, the area in front of the Costa di Capo Teulada is forbidden for transit, parking, navigation, anchoring of any type of naval unit, as well as diving, bathing, fishing and similar professions. The dates are for real military occupation, from tomorrow May 2nd until 27th, from 6 in the morning until 16 in the afternoon. The second ordinance, number 70, always on the eve of Sant'Efisio, is even more explicit: "The Sardinian Army Military Command - Experimental and Joint Training Polygon of" Salto di Quirra "requested the issue of an evacuation order for practice with fire », that is, shooting, not pretending. In this case the offshore area is that of the coast in front of Capo S. Lorenzo. On the Quirra side, the grandeur of the "war" seems even more invasive: bombs, missiles and so on will be fired, in the true sense of the word, from May 2 to 31, from 7 to 23.59. In this polygon, as published by the Sardinian Union in the latest investigation into the military bases on the island, a battery of anti-aircraft missiles is also positioned. A structure that can be seen from the Torri area, already the scene of the most devastating destruction of war material. And in that same direction, a facility for the production and management of reinforced propulsion fuel for rockets was built. A sensitive area precisely because it is functional for launching missiles from Capo San Lorenzo, as happened in recent months with the medium-range launch test.

War setup

A real war structure, which is unprecedented, given that it is a sudden decision, considering that the Ministry of Defense had authorized the electric car “games” in Capo Teulada for 6 and 7 May. Certainly such a long military mobilization, with such large time slots, up to midnight, leaves people baffled due to the risk that Sardinia can be identified as the base of NATO and its exercises directly connected to the war in Ukraine.

Judicial fibrillation

Regarding this sudden change in military programming, it cannot be excluded that it may be linked to an appointment that leaves the Italian military leaders with bated breath. In fact, on 6 May, the top defense officials will be called to answer for an environmental disaster right in the Capo Teulada polygon. For those same areas, in fact, where the great “circus” of electric motoring was to take place, the Public Prosecutor's Office of Cagliari accused the military leaders accused of the destruction of a natural habitat protected by national and European regulations. The preliminary hearing, set for next Friday at the Court of Cagliari, will be held simultaneously with the fire exercises in the Sardinian shooting ranges.

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